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  • verb acquire again

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Examples

  • Canny investors or their advisers often "harvest" losses during market downturns, reacquire the investment after 30 days and use those losses to offset future gains, Mr. Willens says.

    What You Can Learn From Mitt's Tax Return Laura Saunders 2012

  • Egypt was willing to sign a peace treaty, assuming it could reacquire Taba and stick Israel with Gaza.

    Matthew Yglesias » Getting Closer to Nowhere 2009

  • Stanley unveiled a $1 billion cash offer for security-surveillance company Niscayah, countering an effort by Securitas to reacquire a company it spun off five years ago.

    What's News— 2011

  • The company, which now has 49% of the joint venture, holds an option to reacquire the 1% share.

    GM, SAIC Near Deal to Adjust Partnership Sharon Terlep 2012

  • Not to start an argument, but the problem isn't so much with the sellers selling their land, and the buyers buying the land, the problem is that we sportsmen aren't demanding that our tax dollars be spent to reacquire valuable land.

    Hunting for Consumers 2009

  • "Downrange assets did not reacquire tracking or telemetry," the agency added.

    U.S. Military's Hypersonic Glider Launched, Lost (VIDEO) 2011

  • Stanley Black & Decker Inc. on Monday unveiled a 6.5 billion Swedish kronor $1 billion cash offer for security-surveillance company Niscayah , countering an effort by Securitas AB to reacquire a company it spun off five years ago.

    Stanley Bids for Security Company Niclas Rolander 2011

  • Not to start an argument, but the problem isn't so much with the sellers selling their land, and the buyers buying the land, the problem is that we sportsmen aren't demanding that our tax dollars be spent to reacquire valuable land.

    Hunting for Consumers 2009

  • He had always wanted Texas in the Union, he said, and had sought to reacquire it during his years as secretary of state.

    A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009

  • He had always wanted Texas in the Union, he said, and had sought to reacquire it during his years as secretary of state.

    A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009

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